The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1974
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
10:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 639
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.61° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.73° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.